Recommended update for xfsprogs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0462-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xfsprogs fixes the following issues:

  • Allow the filesystem utility xfs_io to suffix sizes with k,m,g for kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes respectively. (bsc#1158630)
  • Validate extent size hint parameters through libxfs to avoid output mismatch. (bsc#1158509)
  • Fix for 'xfs_repair' not to fail recovery of orphaned shortform directories. (bsc#1158504)
  • Fix for 'xfs_quota' to avoid false error reporting of project inheritance flag is not set. (bsc#1158758)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-462=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • xfsprogs-debugsource-4.15.0-4.24.3
    • xfsprogs-devel-4.15.0-4.24.3
    • xfsprogs-debuginfo-4.15.0-4.24.3
    • xfsprogs-4.15.0-4.24.3

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